Lantern Festival

Dublin, Ireland: Introducing Falun Dafa at the Lantern Festival

World NewsFebruary 15, 20250Comments

Feb. 14, 2025 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Ireland (Minghui.org) Local practitioners participated in the Dublin Lunar Lantern Festival on February 8, 2025. They demonstrated the Falun Dafa exercises and did the dragon dance, drawing passersby to stop and take photos. After learning about Falun Dafa (also known Falun Gong), many people signed a petition…

Boston, U.S.A.: Event-Goers Learn about Falun Dafa in Chinatown

World NewsSeptember 23, 20240Comments

Sept. 16, 2024 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Boston, U.S.A. (Minghui.org) Falun Gong practitioners in Boston participated in the Chinatown Lantern Festival on September 7, 2024. They introduced Falun Gong (also known as Falun Dafa) and exposed the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) persecution of Falun Gong in the practice’s land of origin. Many people…

London, UK: Introducing Falun Dafa in Chinatown During the Lantern Festival

World NewsMarch 2, 20240Comments

Feb. 28, 2024 | By a Falun Dafa practitioner in London (Minghui.org) During the recent Lantern Festival celebrations in London’s Chinatown on February 24, practitioners set up a table and displayed information about Falun Dafa and how practitioners are mistreated in China for their belief. Many passersby talked with practitioners and some signed a petition to help end the…

Denmark: Practitioners Held an Event to Introduce Falun Dafa During the Lantern Festival

World NewsFebruary 11, 20230Comments

Feb. 10, 2023 | By Minghui correspondent Shu Hui in Denmark (Minghui.org) Celebrating the 15th day of the Chinese Lunar New Year with lanterns is an ancient tradition, and the Yuanxiao Festival (the first night with a full moon in the new lunar year) is known worldwide as the Lantern Festival. Practitioners held celebratory activities and introduced Falun Dafa…

Falun Dafa Boat Lantern Delivers Blessings During 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival

World NewsMarch 6, 20220Comments

March 4, 2022 | By Sun Bo and Su Rong, Minghui correspondents in Kaohsiung, Taiwan _____________________________________________________________ (Minghui.org) The Taiwan Falun Dafa Association constructed a six-story-high Fa Boat Lantern as their contribution to the annual 2022 Taiwan Lantern Festival. The beautiful structure, which can hold 100 people, was displayed in Gangshan Park in the southern city of Kaohsiung from…

New Zealand: Families Learn About Dafa at Christchurch Lantern Festival

World NewsMarch 18, 20180Comments

The Lantern Festival, a well-celebrated occasion that marks the end of the Chinese New Year season, was celebrated on March 10-11 in Christchurch, the largest city on New Zealand’s South Island. The local Falun Dafa group took part in the festivities to introduce the peaceful spiritual practice to more people in the community. As part of the…

Practitioners Hang Falun Gong Posters and Banners in Shijiazhuang for Lantern Festival

China NewsFebruary 21, 20170Comments

It was sunny in Shijiazhuang for the Lantern Festival on February 11 and 12, 2017. Several Falun Gong practitioners helped each other to put up more than 100 banners and posters on the city’s main streets, fences, and trees. The banners and posters remind people that Falun Gong is good, that the Chinese Communist Party…

Falun Gong Practitioners Celebrate Lantern Festival with Communities in New York City

UncategorizedFebruary 16, 20170Comments

February 11 is the Lantern Festival, a well-celebrated occasion that marks the end of the Chinese New Year season. Falun Gong practitioners participated in the celebration at Sara Delano Roosevelt Park near Chinatown in New York City. Led by dragon and lion dances, these performances immediately draw a big crowd of young and old alike. The…

Malaysia: Holiday Parades Show Beauty of Falun Dafa

World NewsMarch 2, 20160Comments

With Chinese descendants representing nearly a quarter of its population, Malaysia is closely connected with China, both culturally and economically. Between the recent Chinese New Year on February 8 and the Lantern Festival (15th of January on the lunar calendar), Falun Dafa practitioners held three parades in Malaysia. Many learned about the peaceful meditation practice…